Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | To find enough opponents of the left who were not too far committed in the other direction proved more difficult than we had imagined . |
| 2 | An electron beam ( together with some negative ions ) is emitted in the opposite direction , attracted towards the collimating anode and passing through its central hole . |
| 3 | And then the telephone rang on the little table beside them , and as Miguel rolled away to reach for it Shelley hastily rolled in the opposite direction , and sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him , smoothing back her hair and getting her breath back . |
| 4 | Thus splendid orchestra responded to the persuasive direction of Vernon Handley in admirable fashion and the result must have convinced any doubter that Vaughan Williams is a symphonist of stature . |
| 5 | Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential . |
| 6 | It wo n't be easy , not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction . |
| 7 | Instinctively he had turned in the opposite direction from the Eldorado block . |
| 8 | The design depends on the particular stitch on the left or right of the pattern being transferred in the intended direction . |
| 9 | But belief may also be threatened from the opposite direction — by too little evidence that there is a God . |
| 10 | You recall that we could not have the needles always selected in the same direction or we would end up with biased fabric ? |
| 11 | So while Philip made tentative approaches to Elizabeth , families like the Raleighs , Grenvilles and Drakes put their shoulders to the door and pushed in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | When fired you got pushed in the opposite direction to that in which the jet was squirting out . |
| 13 | This obviously must be channelled in the right direction ! |
| 14 | At its best the combination is uniquely potent — a controlled conflagration which almost scorches the ear , a sense of communicative intensity not as an optional extra , or even as something to be striven for , but as a constant presence , only waiting to be channelled in the right direction . |
| 15 | He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction . |
| 16 | The descent into Dentdale from Newby Head is even more stimulating than the outward journey , new aspects of the valley being revealed when seen in the reverse direction , with wider and more distant landscapes coming into view . |
| 17 | Quite apart from these omissions , the balance sheet appraisal ignores the economic impact of war on attitudes , expectations and the behaviour of institutions , which might well have operated in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | The near and next near contracts were generally mispriced in the same direction , and by a roughly similar amount . |
| 19 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 20 | Letts , of course , has moved in the other direction , into book publishing ( Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop has seen a 500% increase in turnover of sales of their books this year , John Harvey-Jones please note ) , but it is well worth stocking Letts ' unbeatable range of the more traditional diaries for which it is so rightly famous . |
| 21 | The cells did not respond if one of the gratings moved in the preferred direction . |
| 22 | On the beach a speck moved in the same direction as they did . |
| 23 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 24 | Mick Mills , replaced at Stoke by Alan Ball , has moved in the opposite direction , succeeding the caretaker manager by becoming Colchester coach . |
| 25 | Then , as with fuller information he feels himself being moved in the opposite direction , he can say to himself ‘ Ah , now I see why I ought not to go ’ . |
| 26 | Above are Steve Restarick ( left ) and Wayne Hannigan , both ex-Wivenhoe who should be in action for Chelmsford while Christian McClean ( below , left ) has moved in the opposite direction . |
| 27 | Describing the treaty as " an event of global significance " , Gorbachev said that it would be " absurd " for the USA and the Soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals to zero while nuclear-armed " renegades " moved in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | ‘ It is apparent that a step has been made in the right direction … the property will soon be entirely under comparatively well-to-do tenants . |
| 29 | A true feeding roll is always performed in the same direction by each rolling bream . |
| 30 | If circumambulation is performed in the opposite direction it is called ‘ Apradakshina ’ and has a malign influence resulting in misfortune or death . |